Sec. 103.013. STATE PLAN

(a) The council shall develop and implement a state plan for diabetes treatment, education, and training to ensure that:

(1) this chapter is properly implemented by the agencies affected;

(2) incentives are offered for private sources to maintain present commitments and to assist in developing new programs; and

(3) a procedure for review of individual complaints about services provided under this chapter is implemented.

(b) The state plan may include provisions to ensure that:

(1) individual and family needs are assessed statewide and all available resources are coordinated to meet those needs; and

(2) health care provider needs are assessed statewide and strategies are developed to meet those needs.

(c) The council shall make written recommendations for performing its duties under this chapter to the board and the legislature. If the council considers a recommendation that will affect an agency not represented on the council, the council shall seek the advice and assistance of the agency before taking action on the recommendation. The council's recommendations shall be implemented by the agencies affected by the recommendations.

(d) The council shall submit the state plan to the state agency designated as the state health planning and development agency not later than November 1 of each odd-numbered year.

(e) Each state agency affected by the state plan shall:

(1) determine what resources would be required to implement the portions of the state plan affecting that agency; and

(2) determine whether that agency will seek funds to implement that portion of the state plan.

(f) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, each state agency affected by the state plan shall report to the council, the Legislative Budget Board, and the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning:

(1) information determined under Subsection (e); and

(2) each deviation from the council's proposed plan, including an explanation for the deviation.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.